<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi all,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Version
2.0.0a1 of SoftHSM has been released. This is the first alpha version for
SoftHSMv2. All required features for this version have been implemented and we
would like to get feedback from community.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">SoftHSMv2
Key Features:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">*
Encrypting sensitive information on disc</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">*
Generalized crypto backend: OpenSSL or Botan</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">*
Supporting more mechanisms: ECDSA, GOST, DSA, DH, AES, DES</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">*
Supporting more PKCS#11 functions: Encryption/Decryption, Wrapping/Unwrapping</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">GitHub tag:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://github.com/opendnssec/SoftHSMv2/releases/tag/2.0.0a1">https://github.com/opendnssec/SoftHSMv2/releases/tag/2.0.0a1</a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Tarball:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://dist.opendnssec.org/source/testing/softhsm-2.0.0a1.tar.gz">https://dist.opendnssec.org/source/testing/softhsm-2.0.0a1.tar.gz</a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">//
OpenDNSSEC team</span></p></div>